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Kavouss — Our CCWG is addressing how to change the AoC as part of the IANA transition. One requirement we discussed in Frankfurt was: </div>
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It’s now a task of the CCCWGG work team on Community Empowerment to decribe mechanisms/Bylaws changes to bring the AoC into ICANN’s permanent accountability structure.</div>
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From the <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/51414327/WA2%20Inventory%2015-Jan-2015.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1421377727000&api=v2">
inventory</a> that Work Area 2 developed last year, here are several potential mechanisms:</div>
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<div>Bring the Affirmation of Commitments (incl the Reviews) into the ICANN bylaws, with these amendments:</div>
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<div>ICANN Members or permanent Cross-Community Working Group to select Affirmation Review teams</div>
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<div>Affirmation Review Teams get access to all internal documents</div>
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<div>Affirmation Accountability & Transparency Review Team could recommend sunset of original reviews and create new reviews</div>
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<div>Change Affirmation reviews from “in the public interest” to “for protection and advance of human rights and internet freedoms”</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Kavouss Arasteh <<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Sunday, February 1, 2015 at 7:33 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [CCWG-ACCT] Regarding the Affirmation of Commitments to the US Government<br>
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<div>Bruce,</div>
<div>Thank you again for your valuable confirmation.</div>
<div>Please note that, as I did emphasize many time, AoC was crafted to establish the relation between USG and ICANN as IANA Function Operator.</div>
<div>After the transition of the Steward of the Functions from USG to so-called ,undefined and unspecified and vague entity as Global Multistakeholder Community, the AoC in question needs to be amended to refelct the new enviroment</div>
<div>Who is addressing this matter and how and more importantly at what time frame, See Recent Statement by Larry )<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2015-02-01 4:38 GMT+01:00 Bruce Tonkin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" target="_blank">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>></span>:<br>
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Hello All,<br>
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Just to clarify that I have been on the Board since the Affirmation of Commitments was signed with the US Government.<br>
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There has been no discussion on the Board during that time to terminate the agreement.<br>
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I have heard discussions at different times to have a way to make the same affirmation to other Governments or the global public as a whole.<br>
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The suggestions so far to incorporate the key elements into the bylaws make sense to me.<br>
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Even if the Board was contemplating any change to the AoC - it would be done through an extensive community consultation process.<br>
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Bruce Tonkin<br>
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